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I am far from the greatest writer, so if anyone would like to suggest revisions for cleaning up the text and making it more professional sounding, then please feel free to contribute and I will fix it.

Even if it never happens, I will know that we at the very least tried.

Um... are you really expecting them to spend the money to do it all over again and release another edition of season 2? If the fanbase is going to be bringing influence to bear on CBS, I think it would be better spent regarding season 3 or maybe 4 at this point.

Um... are you really expecting them to spend the money to do it all over again and release another edition of season 2? If the fanbase is going to be bringing influence to bear on CBS, I think it would be better spent regarding season 3 or maybe 4 at this point.

We already know Season 3 is being handled by CBS-D and the trailer looked excellent. Season 4 is being handled by another VFX company and we've also been told that CBS is planning to work more closely with them to ensure quality and consistency.

To answer your question, I have ZERO expectations, but it doesn't cost us anything to sign a petition and try.

It may only be one Season out of 7 but if this is the way TNG is going to be for the next 15 or 20 years, then it's worth it to ask for consistency.

In a world of limitless resources, I'd be all for this. But if it did happen, it would delay the subsequent seasons, which would not be OK. The project is just way too big to justify, unlike a new restoration of a 2+ hour movie, like with Gladiator or Patton.

Off the top of my head, for every 10 effects shots in Season 2, 6 are underwhelming but satisfactory, 3 are decent, and 1 is a complete screw-up. For every 100 shots of live action, 5 are too grainy, 10 are not grainy enough or are too DNRed, 5 have bluescreen leak, and the rest are decent. A fairly above-average effort from HTV considering their résumé.

Now with Enterprise coming out on Blu-ray, that's pretty much free money for CBS as it will cost very little to release. It will only provide more capital to continue HD restorations of the rest of TV Trek. I'm glad DS9 comes before Voyager chronologically. I would not trust Voyager Blu-ray sales to keep the project alive. I'm done after DS9 Season 7.

There's no way they're going to start from scratch and pay for a new restoration, and then mail copies out for free to everyone who bought the first set. That would make them eat a lot more money than they're willing to lose.

The alternative would be to start from scratch but only release it in stores to recover the costs. Fans who hated the first set would have to buy season 2 a second time. Fans would be in an uproar and refuse to pay again. CBS would know that, so there's really no realistic way a redo will work to satisfy both their bottom line and the fans, so this will be "good enough" for the foreseeable future.

An online petition? They'll HAVE to do something! Hey, I'll start one on The White House's website to get things REALLY going!

Thanks for the thinly veiled sarcasm. Nothing is ever achieved without trying. Being a forum full of Star Trek fans, I would have expected far more open minded attitudes than this.

Online petitions can be useful. If a physical copy has more impact, print it off and send it wherever when a reasonable number has been reached.

No. Not everything will be perfect and there's no need to petition to get your way.

Perfection? I never said anything about perfection. Perfection is unattainable, an is in reality unreasonable. Consistency is not unreasonable. This isn't a petition to 'get my way', it's a petition to politely ask CBS if they would consider finding a way to fix this. If they don't, fine, but at least an attempt was made.

We were served a less-than-perfect thing. We're not entitled to anything better.

Again, you bring up perfection. Perfection is not the issue here, consistency is. We were served a less-than-Season 1 thing, and as 'consumers' we should be entitled to a consistent product. Considering they expect us to pay the same price for it as Season 1. Perhaps they should have acknowledged the drop in quality with a drop in price, but that wasn't the case.

I don't expect CBS to reissue the entire season for free, that's not right considering it was HTV that screwed up. No, I would happily pay for the revamped version. If they wish to offer people who bought the HTV-Illuminate version a discount on an upgraded CBS-D version, that would be great but I really don't know how they would handle it if they chose to pursue it.

If anyone feels the text of the petition could be worded far more eloquently, and effectively than I have worded it, please feel free to help.

I am far from the greatest writer, so if anyone would like to suggest revisions for cleaning up the text and making it more professional sounding, then please feel free to contribute and I will fix it.

Even if it never happens, I will know that we at the very least tried.

With all due respect, just give it up already.

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